DELETESERIALDEVICE(1M)                                  DELETESERIALDEVICE(1M)



NAME
     deleteSerialDevice - deletes a serial device from the system

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sysadm/privbin/deleteSerialDevice port display

DESCRIPTION
     deleteSerialDevice is a privileged command that removes configuration
     information about a serial port.  deleteSerialDevice can be used to
     unconfigure terminals, input devices, and midi.  Use deleteModem(1M) to
     unconfigure modems.

     When midi is unconfigured, the stopmidi command is run.

OPTIONS
     port      Specifies the serial port number, e.g. 2.

     display   This is display/head number. For machine with only one display,
               this is 0.

FILES
     /etc/inittab   When terminals are removed, the getty command is removed
                    from the line for the device.
     /dev/input*    Directory containing links for input devices, where '*' is
                    the display number except for display 0, it uses
                    /dev/input.
     /dev/ttyd*     Serial device files.

SEE ALSO
     sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), deleteModem(1M), addSerialDevice(1M), getty(1M),
     inittab(4), input(7).
























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